Senior Legal Cashier

As a Legal Cashiering professional, would you be interested in a Senior Legal Cashier position which offers hybrid working, and the chance to make an impact and work for an ambitious firm that prides itself on its flexible and people first focused culture?

Our client, an award winning, top 100 law firm, has an exciting Senior Legal Cashier opportunity that's opened up in their finance team, where you will be playing an important role in ensuring an efficient Legal Cashiering function and that all client and office account transactions are accurately processed and on time in accordance with Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs), Money Laundering Regulations, and internal policies.  In doing this, you will also be there to help drive best practice and support your other team members with technical guidance when needed.  Your Senior Cashier role will also see you work collaboratively with internal stakeholders (Partners, fee earners and support colleagues).

As Senior Legal Cashier, your new role will involve:

Processing client account payments, receipts and transfers
Processing office account payments, journals and receipts
Calculating and processing client to office transfer daily
Daily bank reconciliations
Ensuring full compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs), AML regulations
Monitoring finance team inboxes and ensuring queries are dealt with efficiently
Ensuring incoming funds and transactions meet AML and source of funds requirements
Maintaining audit trails and escalating compliance issues
I am interested in speaking with candidates who specifically have experience working as a Senior Legal Cashier or Legal Cashier, and who have strong technical knowledge and understanding of Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs) and the processing of client and office account transactions. 

Salary for this position is £38,000 to £40,000 p.a. (depending on experience).

Benefits include: hybrid working, life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.

The company's stunning offices offer free parking (limited on-site on a first come first serviced basis or) close by to the offices, however if you are travelling by public transport they are only a short 10-15 minutes walk from the nearest train station.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed